B-25C - MITCHELL
CFS3 - V2.85.09
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
B-25C - MITCHELL
This aircraft is based on the MS stock visual and was built by Dan DEEDS Walter using version 2.85.09 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process.
The plane was painted by Dan Swart to represent the B-25C.
"ARTMAG" provided the custom AvHistory B-25 cockpit with our logo behind the copilots seat.
The B-25C was the first version of the Mitchell to be mass-produced. Following the completion of the initial B-25, B-25A, and B-25B contracts, a number of contracts were awarded to North American for 1625 B-25Cs to be built at its Inglewood factory. At the same time, an additional contract was issued for 2290 essentially identical B-25Ds, to be built at a new North American plant in Kansas City, Kansas.
The B-25C was outwardly almost identical to the B-25B. It introduced the R-2600-13 Double Cyclone engine with Holley 1685HA carburetors in place of the earlier Bendix Stromberg PD-13E-2 units. The Bendix carburetors were favored because of their easier maintenance, but they required more careful anti-icing procedures. De-icer and anti-icing systems were added, and a Stewart-Warner cabin heater was added in the left wing. A 24-volt electrical system was also added.
The armament of the B-25C was the same as that of the B-25B, namely a single 0.30-inch machine gun in the nose, two 0.50-inch machine guns in the dorsal turret, and two 0.50-inch machine guns in a retractable ventral turret. The ventral turret was often removed in the field.
The B-25C introduced a new type of tail skid underneath the extreme rear fuselage, a solid unit which replaced the spring-loaded tail skid of earlier versions. This type of tail skid was retained throughout the Mitchell production run.
The AvHistory version is a mutt of a B-25C. There's a few minor items you should be aware
of as far as historical details and model errors.
1. The MS Visual Model itself is not very accurate. The ventral turret is missing,
the engine exhaust doesn't match the armament, several windows are missing,
etc.
If you call This B-25C anything, We'd say it has to be a field modified B-25C
(initial production block). Aside from the turret missing, which wasn't
deleted until the G, the model most closely resembles that block, and that's
what is reflected in the XDP (field modified for later gun configuration).
In truth, there were a lot of problems with the ventral turret in the field.
They had a tendency to stick in the lowered position and the drag killed the
aircraft's range. Dirt and rocks would kick up from TO and landing and
dirty/damage the optics making the periscope sight unusable. Using it
called for the gunner to be in a uncomfortable position. End result, they
killed it in production and often pulled it in the field (at about a 600lb
weight savings.)
2. Note that this block was not capable of using wing pylons. They didn't
come until the next block accompanied with wing strengthening. Due to the
early wing, we doubt any were field modifed for wing racks. Unfortunate as
this block also had a limited number of hard points in the bomb bay so only
8 250lb bombs were carried.
CFS3 - V2.85.09
AvHistory 1% Aircraft General Statement and Installation Instructions
It is the intention of the AvHistory 1% project to over time build the most accurate aircraft that the CFS3 software can support. The development of a 1% aircraft requires specific and in many cases dramatic changes to the aircraft delivered with the MS game as well as the addition of aircraft built from the ground up by third parties which were never included in the original MS game. We believe that because the AvHistory 1% aircraft are materially different they should not be mixed with "box stock" aircraft in online combat.
No AvHistory 1% aircraft maybe provided for download from any site without express written consent of AvHistory. Additionally, direct linking to our download site is forbidden.
B-25C - MITCHELL
This aircraft is based on the MS stock visual and was built by Dan DEEDS Walter using version 2.85.09 of the AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process.
The plane was painted by Dan Swart to represent the B-25C.
"ARTMAG" provided the custom AvHistory B-25 cockpit with our logo behind the copilots seat.
The B-25C was the first version of the Mitchell to be mass-produced. Following the completion of the initial B-25, B-25A, and B-25B contracts, a number of contracts were awarded to North American for 1625 B-25Cs to be built at its Inglewood factory. At the same time, an additional contract was issued for 2290 essentially identical B-25Ds, to be built at a new North American plant in Kansas City, Kansas.
The B-25C was outwardly almost identical to the B-25B. It introduced the R-2600-13 Double Cyclone engine with Holley 1685HA carburetors in place of the earlier Bendix Stromberg PD-13E-2 units. The Bendix carburetors were favored because of their easier maintenance, but they required more careful anti-icing procedures. De-icer and anti-icing systems were added, and a Stewart-Warner cabin heater was added in the left wing. A 24-volt electrical system was also added.
The armament of the B-25C was the same as that of the B-25B, namely a single 0.30-inch machine gun in the nose, two 0.50-inch machine guns in the dorsal turret, and two 0.50-inch machine guns in a retractable ventral turret. The ventral turret was often removed in the field.
The B-25C introduced a new type of tail skid underneath the extreme rear fuselage, a solid unit which replaced the spring-loaded tail skid of earlier versions. This type of tail skid was retained throughout the Mitchell production run.
The AvHistory version is a mutt of a B-25C. There's a few minor items you should be aware
of as far as historical details and model errors.
1. The MS Visual Model itself is not very accurate. The ventral turret is missing,
the engine exhaust doesn't match the armament, several windows are missing,
etc.
If you call This B-25C anything, We'd say it has to be a field modified B-25C
(initial production block). Aside from the turret missing, which wasn't
deleted until the G, the model most closely resembles that block, and that's
what is reflected in the XDP (field modified for later gun configuration).
In truth, there were a lot of problems with the ventral turret in the field.
They had a tendency to stick in the lowered position and the drag killed the
aircraft's range. Dirt and rocks would kick up from TO and landing and
dirty/damage the optics making the periscope sight unusable. Using it
called for the gunner to be in a uncomfortable position. End result, they
killed it in production and often pulled it in the field (at about a 600lb
weight savings.)
2. Note that this block was not capable of using wing pylons. They didn't
come until the next block accompanied with wing strengthening. Due to the
early wing, we doubt any were field modifed for wing racks. Unfortunate as
this block also had a limited number of hard points in the bomb bay so only
8 250lb bombs were carried.
